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Name And Arms Clause: Blast from the past

Victoria Sweeting considers the unusual case of Howard v Howard-Lawson Name and arms clauses can be found in precedent books dating as far back as 1787 and it seems that no general objection to them was raised until 1945. In October 2011 the case of Howard v Howard-Lawson [2011] came before the Court of Appeal. …

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Cases Referenced

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Davies v Lowndes (1835) 1 Bing (NC) 597

Gulliver v Ashby (1776) 4 Burr 1929

Howard v Howard-Lawson [2011] WTLR 397; [2012] WTLR 617

Jordan v Dunn (1887) 13 OR 267

Littras v Littras [1995] 2 VR 283

Perrin v Lyon (1807) 9 East 170

Re Bouverie [1952] Ch 400

Re Fry [1945] Ch 348

Re Howard's Will Trusts [1961] Ch 507

Re Kersey [1952] Ch 406

Re Lewis's Trusts [1951] WN 591

Re Murray [1955] Ch 69

Re Neeld [1962] Ch 643

Re Wood's Will Trust [1952] Ch 406

Tattershall v Howell (1816) 2 Mer 26

Wynne v Wynne (1840) 2 Man & G8